Monthly Archives: April 2007

My Husband is Amazing

Devin is trying to make me fall more in love with him this week. And, my goodness, it’s working! First, I arrived home on Saturday afternoon, after a long and luxurious day of relaxing at my Theology conference, to find … Continue reading

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2nd Bee Inspection Success!

Katie and I geared up in our bee suits and inspected our bees today–it was really cool. Here are the notes from my bee journal (every beekeeper has to have one, you know): Bees drank 2 gallons of sugar syrup … Continue reading

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The New Sink Is In!

I tackled the hot water valve on the master bathroom sink today–now that I understand how the compression pipe works it only took a few minutes–and then I installed the connector conduit pipe and the new faucet. The old sink:

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Bees Bringing in the Pollen

Here is a video where you can see some of Ambrose’s bees bringing in sacs of pollen on their legs. The neighborhood dogs provide the background music. http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-5214292101849945084&hl=en

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Compression Valves and Other Lessons in Home Maintenance

Since Katie was at her theology seminar all day, I thought I would surprise her by fixing things around the house that have been on my “Big Fix-It Man” list for months. What I naively thought would be a simple … Continue reading

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